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A white Toyota SUV crashed at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard & Leavenworth Street shortly before 7:00pm on Monday. The Riley County Police Department said that the driver of the white Toyota SUV was behind a vehicle that had slowed down for the yellow light, driving southbound on Tuttle Creek Boulevard. The driver of the Toyota attempted to slow down, but told RCPD that his brakes didn't work, and the driver was trying to avoid crashing into the vehicle that was slowing in front of him. Instead of crashing into the car that was slowing, the driver of the Toyota decided to swerve and attempt to jump the curb but the car hit the curb, which caused the Toyota to flip over onto the drivers side and come to a rest on the curb. The Toyota SUV had to be removed from the scene by a tow truck and the driver did not have any injuries from the accident. By CZ Kolby Van Camp sits down with the Voice of the Wildcats, Wyatt Thompson, to talk about K-State football. This clip was taken from Kolby's show, Training Camp with Kolby Van Camp which broadcast live, Monday - Friday during the summer, and will move to Thursdays from 6-7p during the school year. Go Cats! The church that embraces diversity and has congregates voting NO on the anti-abortion amendment8/3/2022
Kansans hit the polls yesterday, holding the nations first test of voters feelings about the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Along with voting for candidates in the primary. The referendum on the proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas constitution was being closely watched as a barometer of liberal and moderate voters. One voter who spoke with Wildcat 91.9 is the leader of the Mission Board at the First Congregational United Church of Christ. Jean Steiner the mission board leader said she's voting to preserve the right to privacy. "I believe that this constitutional amendment would violate that privacy. I believe that the court finding a few years back that this legislature could not pass laws that would abolish abortion is based on that right to privacy. And to me, that's a very deep belief that I think is extremely important and I think that our denomination also holds that belief of that right to privacy and relationship with God, that should not be subject to the whims of a state legislature." With some Kansans being confused about the verbiage of the amendment. It does not help at some are receiving text messages containing misleading information. The following quote is text message that people received on August 1st saying. "Women in Kansas are losing their choice on reproductive rights. Vote yes on the amendment that will give women a choice." The text messages that Kansas have been receiving have prompted the Kansas governmental Ethics Commission to issue a response and at this time, the reporting the identity of the organization responsible for sending the text message out is still unknown. Jeanne Steiner still says she's voting no. "I personally believe about no is voting to protect the right to privacy, which would include the freedom of religion and separation of religion and state, though it's being framed as an abortion question only whichever beliefs people have, I hope they vote this is an extremely important for the state of Kansas and basically for, for people everywhere."  This story has been updated to reflect the most recent results from the no right to abortion ballot issue.
As of 9:38 p.m. on August 2, 2022 AP has called the race for the NO vote at 534,134 votes. Source: https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/august-2022-primary-election-results/ At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22, a semi-truck on 1-70 with U.S. Air Force markings appeared to spontaneously burst into flames west of mile marker 212 on the Kansas Turnpike. Wildcat 91.9 news was there. As the trailer of the semi became fully engulfed in the 105-degree heat, all westbound traffic on the Kansas Turnpike backed up. Nobody was reported injured, and the Kansas Turnpike Authority has yet to release the cause of the blaze, I-70 west barely moved for more than two and 1/2 hours in the relentless sun. But nobody is ever alone in a traffic jam of this size, and despite the 105-degree heat, everybody kept their cool. Due to the Kansas Turnpike having so few exits and entrances, it took area first responders, the KTA, and KDOT workers several hours to clear a path over grass and gravel to extradite the miles of cars.
So, as the semis lined up on one side of I-70 for an open lane, cars, SUVs, and pick-ups were finally able to be evacuated to state highway 24. Some motorists opted to re-enter the turnpike at the next exchange, while others decided to accept a more circuitous way home that was devoid of any traffic at all. At the end of the day, thanks to patient drivers and the ingenuity of KDOT, the only casualty was that U.S. Air Force semi-truck trailer and whatever its mysterious cargo was. From Training Camp with Kolby Van Camp.
 After conducting a second survey, state meteorologists and the National Weather Service of Topeka determined that Manhattan did experience a tornado last Saturday east of K-states campus. After previously reporting the storm only produced straight line winds locally. The National Weather Service's of Topeka office announced on Thursday last week that an EF2 tornado with estimated peak winds of 115 miles per hour hit at 7:20pm on Saturday, June 11 2022. Officials who made the declaration after additional analysis and surveying described it as a small brief tornado with a path of 0.30 miles in the McCain neighborhood. Russell Stukey, the Director of Emergency Management and Riley county spoke with Wildcat 91.9 about the extent of the damage. "The most recent updated assessment is just shy of $12 million and the upper $11 million range of damage and that is real estate type damage. So that wouldn't count any vehicles or personal property. It does count mobile homes but it doesn't count things such as trampolines blown out of the yard or other you know non-real estate type things. It includes houses, trees, mobile homes and structures basically" said Stukey.
But the amount of damage wasn't discovered until after Chris Craven a meteorologist from the National Weather Service joined Russell Stukey on analyzing other parts of Manhattan. "She took pictures and took GPS locations and then she goes back uploaded to the National Weather Service their program that they use to assess damage and estimate winds then that's where their initial she said you know, I can't really rule out a tornado we didn't see when we walked around the the typical you know, twisted trees everything for the most part we saw was blown. In one direction. And so that's why I think their initial was straight line winds but then they came back I think a team of three from the speaker Weather Service office re-walk those areas reanalyzed some things and went back to the office and reanalyzed the radar recordings and came to the conclusion you know, we think there was a little smaller, short lived tornado in that area" said Stukey. Short lived and yet over 60 properties sustained major damage and three homes were destroyed, making this the worst storm damage to hit Manhattan since 2008. After an in-person assessment and further analysis of radar data, the National Weather Service of Topeka determined that the storm damage that Riley County residents experienced on June 11th was caused by straight line winds and a small EF2 Tornado North east of K-States campus. Some areas of Manhattan experienced much worse straight line wind speeds than others. The hardest hit areas saw 115 mph winds which is the equivalent of wind speeds caused by EF2 tornadoes without the rotation. Some homes on these once-leafy streets were left without any trees at all. Regardless of the straight line winds and strong gusts that lasted for hours after the first sirens blared, the sun still rose Sunday morning and crews across Manhattan continued to try to re-establish power, cable, and internet services for many Manhattan residents. For 20-year Fremont Street homeowners such as Bill Springer, however, watching an old-growth tree calve off a large branch in his front yard onto the sidewalk is not nearly as scary as the one that has yet to fall on his pink Victorian home. Wildcat 91.9 encountered Springer assessing a fresh crack running the length of a tall shade tree in his side yard closer to his home.
"In 2001 or 2002, the other side of this tree came down on this side of our house. Since then, we've tried to have it taken out, but I know the insurance has told us that the tree is still stable, is still fine," Springer said. After Saturday's storm, the new jagged split appears even more defined. Because the side-yard tree seems to be leaning away from his house and toward local power lines, Springer is convinced the tree must come down before his neighbors experience a power outage after the next storm--or he has to repair part of his roof again. Either way, Springer is on the case. "Hopefully, this will change their minds." Hot off the presses from the K-State Alumni Association magazine, K-Stater!
 By CZ Last week, while out for a run around campus just to prove how healthy he is, Dawson Wagner happened to bump into Dr. Steve Smethers as he was leaving Kedzie Hall for the last time. His once-sagging office shelves bare, his library all loaded up, Steve was taking in the mid-century style classroom/office building with well-known structural issues before Kedzie completely sinks into the rich Kansas soil from which it sprung. So, thank you, again, Steve, for your direction of the A.Q Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), a management style that was equal measures leadership and friendship. Us students will miss you, the staff will miss you, and the faculty seems even more emotionally unstable than usual. If there is any solace in your retirement, it should be that you have become so irreplaceable that JMC decided never to fill your position, choosing instead to merge with the Communications Studies department to become K-State's new School of Media and Communications Studies, demolish Kedzie altogether, and replace it with a giant Arby's. Or, at least that's the rumor. We look forward to seeing you again sometime soon if nothing else to find out how good you look In some color other than your daily purple!  By CZ
We're only halfway through the 2022 broadcast year and already Wildcat 91.9 is making history for its diversity programming at K-State. Of course, as a station that features new alternative AND hip-hop music, Wildcat 91.9 has a head start on diversity, but we go the extra mile. We have an Indian student who plays party tunes in Hindi to celebrate Fake Patty's Day who also features Spanish-language hits, a Hispanic student who unpacks the latest hip-hop tracks, the first ever African-American female sports director, the ever-adorable Breanna Palmer, a morning show that interviews Ukranian students while playing Ukranian rock music, and, well, like I said, we're just getting started.  By CZ So, we have to explain this one for people who missed it. Ed Weigle is a nationally known voiceover talent who donates his time to support Wildcat 91.9. You may recognize him from TV and radio commercials, but his work for WWE Wrestling has probably gotten him the most fame. Ed's a funny guy. When we write copy for him, we try to get him to laugh. As the staff announcer for Wildcat 91.9 sports, Ed gives our games extra energy that is worth waiting for in between the action, and he'll be back again in the fall!  By CZ A radio station like Wildcat 91.9 attracts a lot of talented people. Kolby Van Camp has been singing, composing, and recording at high levels of opera before coming to Wildcat 91.9. After calling a few football games for the Wildcats last fall, Kolby abandoned his plans to become a music teacher to pursue graduate studies in sports journalism. He also stepped into a leadership position by becoming the head of fundraising for Wildcat 91.9. Sure, he's smiling in this photo now, but it's just a matter of time. This downward slide into commercial media is a sad, familiar story. Next stop is body piercings, facial tattoos, eating gas station sushi he keeps in his pockets, and trying to convince passers-by that he's a time traveler from another dimension ruled by cats. Better listen to this promo while there is still time. To max a tax-deductible donation to Wildcat 91.9, click here! |
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